When the Warm-Up Gets Hot
By Rod Symington, WSF Referees and Rules Committee
I am constantly astonished at the amount of correspondence I receive on the topic of the warm-up....
The Irish Bachelor—or Having It Both Ways
By Rod Symington, WSF Referees and Rules Committee
An Irish bachelor was once asked if he were married. He replied: “Unfortunately, not—thank God!”
Many squash players seem...
How I Spent My Summer Holidays A Caribbean Cruise
By Rod Symington, WSF Referees and Rules Committee
We all know that the biggest problems on the squash court result from interference: There are just too...
Double(s) Take Turning Rule Revisions—this time the right one
Through miscommunication, the “Changes to Turning Rule” published in the June 2007 Squash Magazine, the wrong version of the new “Turning Rule” was published....
Playing the Body, Not the Ball
By Rod Symington, WSF Referees and Rules Committee
I have a regular correspondent in India who sends me questions about the Rules, describing various scenarios...
What is Fair View?
By Rod Symington, WSF Referees and Rules Committee
There is perhaps no other aspect of the Rules that is as misunderstood as the concept of...
What Goes Around Comes Around The Reinvention of the 3-Referee System
By Rod Symington, WSF Referees and Rules Committee
The Rules of Squash (18.1) state: “A Referee, assisted by a Marker, normally controls a match.” In...
Doubles: Changes to Turning Rule
By Mike McGorry
In 1991, the USSRA’s Doubles Rules Committee voted to change the “around” or “turning” rule. Previously, if a player came around or turned...
Who Am I Talking To Anyway? What the Referee needs to do before...
Rod Symington, WSF Referees and Rules Committee
A couple of years ago Jonathon Power was indulging during his match in one of his periodic “discussions”...
You Need Glasses! What to do if the Referee can’t see
By Rod Symington, WSF Referees and Rules Committee
In a Letter to the Editor (P. 4), there is an account of a controversy that arose in...